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The    followvDg     statistics    are    based    on 
repeated  reading  of    the  small  Gotz-8cludl 
text,   and    have     been    verified    from     the 
apparatus  in  the  Triumvirate  edition,  with 
some  reference  to  the  text  of  Leo.     I  have 
wished    to   bring    together   some   facts  ^  of 
importance  to    students  of  Plautus.      The 
information  now  available  on  Plautine  usage 
is  scattered  and   of  widely  varying  value. 
Rassow's  Index  (1881)  is  useful,  but  it  has 
gaps    here    and    there  ;    Neue    has    many 
omissions.       I    have    aimed    to   make    my 
statistics  complete  in  each  instance,  but  I 
cannot  hope  that  nothing  has  escaped  me  in 
the  range  within  which  I  have  kept  myself, 
and  I  shall  be  glad  to  have  omissions  [)ointed 
out  to  me.     I  believe  this  account  of  Plautus' 
nouns  will  be  found  more  extended  than  any 
that  has  hitherto  been  given,  and  I  hope  it 
will  prove  of  service. 

My  aim  has  been,  in  general,  to  collect 
facts,  rather  than  to  explain  or  discuss  them. 
It  has  served  my  purpose  better  to  group 
them  under  the  traditional  five  declensions, 
than  to  carry  them  one  case  at  a  time 
through  the  different  stems. 

First  Declension. 

1.  With  the  question  of  -a  in  the  nom.  s. 
goes  that  of  -a  in  the  nom.  and  ace.  pi.  of 
all  neuters.  It  has  become  customary  to 
say  that  neither  can  be  proved  for  Plautus. 
It  is  true  that  -a  predominates  overwhel- 
mingly (cf.  jmiedd  sit,  Oas.  lU,  serud  s/nn, 

Pers.   615,   ulmitrihd    tu   [1],    Pers.    278a, 
condimentd  sunt,  Ps.  834),  but  the  number 

5  G 

of  places  where  the  manuscripts  give  us  -a 
is,  though  limited,  large  enough  to  command 
attention  and  respect,  and  to  make  the 
usual  summary  dismissal  of  the  matter  un- 
satisfactory. The  list  in  C.  F.  W.  MuUer's 
Plaut.  Pros.  pp.  3-13,  is  nearly  complete, 
and  includes  some  instances  that  even  he 
rejects.  If  we  neglect  the  places  that  show 
Cj  ^  late  in  the  verse,  and  others  that  are  for 


various  reasons  unlikely  or  impossible,  there 
still  remain  the  following  :— 

{(i)  Greek  nouns  : — 

epistidd,  As.  762. 
Leoitidd,  voc,  As.  740. 
/S'os/rt,  Am.  438. 
Sosid,  Am.  439. 

(b)  Latin  nouns  :-- 

famdid,  Trin.  251  (cretic). 

y?7id,  Men.  762. 
i/ieptid,  Merc.  26. 
word,    Cure.    461    (may    be  removed    by 

hiatus). 

teiiserd,  Poen.  1052. 

Neuter  [4.,  faclnvrd,  Ps.  563. 

Very  doubtful  is  ancUla^  Cas.  655. 

(c)  Adjectives  : — 

altera,  B.  1128  (bacchiac). 

alterd,  Poen.  prol.  85. 

liherd,  E.  498. 

medy  Oas.  696  (bacchiac  :  haplography  I). 

')aed,  Cure.  602. 

Neuter  pi.,  cetera,  As.  199. 

factd,  Pers.  761  (anap.). 

oiiiuid,  Men.  900. 

oranid.  Mil.  1314. 

onii>id  Mil.  1338. 

IMore    doubtful     is     aiiara,     True.     459 
(bacchiac). 

(d)  We  may  add  these  pronouns  :— 

edque,  Cure.  80. 

iUd,  S.  159. 

istd,  Merc.  730. 

Neuter  pi.,  istd  (so  B),  As.  860. 
Of  these  24  Leo  prints  14. 

2.  Gen.  s.  in  -as. 
matrem   familias,    Am.    831,   Merc.   406 

415. 

matres  famdias,  S.  98. 

Others     advocated     by     Ritschl,     metri 
gratia,  have  not  met  with  approval. 

3.  In  two  places  only  have  the  MSS.  of 


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THE  CLASSICAL  REVIEW. 


THE  CLASSICAL  REVIEW. 


Plaiitw»  preserved  any  trace  of  the  genitive 
ending  -dl :  in  verse  51  of  tie  prologue  to 
the  Poenulus  B  reads  comedi  mis  inodion 
for  cmnoediai  sin  odiosi ;  add  Poen.  1045, 
Antida7m[t]i—&o  A.  This  ending  ,i%.  how- 
aver,  attested  by  the  metre  in  many  plai!e4; 
the  small,  conservative  text  of  GStz  and 
Schiill  prints  28  instances  of  it,  in  nouns  of 
various  kinds,  as  well  as  Iw  adjectives  and 
possessive  pronouns ;  «.jr.  mmh  Ptmi  (I),  Aul. 
ISl;  nostrai,  Mil  519;  magnai  p^hEcai, 
Mil.  prol.  103  (attested  liy  Marias 
Victorinus) ;  itialah  Merc.  692  ;  cl.  Eutinus, 
p.  §61,  2,  IL  II  is  found  even  in  Greek 
Bonna:  Antidamaif  Poen.  1045  (but  AnU' 
ilriwiaa,  Poen.  1042,  1047);  V^Mrmidah  Tnn, 
359  (but  ChamdiU,  Trin.  744) ;  Fwiphatuti, 
IL  246,  508,  635. 

Tim  -oi  rarely  suffers  elision;  doubtful 
instances  are  cited  by  Lindsay,  L.L.  p.  3B1. 
The  usual  gen.  ending  -m  also  is  not  liable 
to  synaloepha,  but  the  -tm  of  the  dat.  s.  (of 
different    origin)    is    elideii    (Leo,    Plant. 

4  Final  d,  as  a  means  of  avoiding  hiatus, 
is  mnf  generally  rejected  in  all  ablatives, 
except  in  the  pronouns  mid  and  iid  i  these 
are  good  accusative  forms  also,  Lindsay  is 
inclined  to  admit  also  red  in  Aul,  141,  Merc. 
629,  Ps.  19  (Archiv  f,  Ii.L.  10  [1898]  550); 
to  these  add  Mm*  224. 

5.  The  dialectic  tirmination  -m  for  the 
nom.  pL,  proposed  tn  iilp  the  metre  in 
various  places  {e.g.  Am.  2T5,  Trin.  539),  has 
BOW  been  abandoned. 

6.  We  find  no  instance  of  -uhus  in  our 
plays.  Priseian  (G.L.  ii.  293.  12,  K)  quotes 
S.  567  as  showing  ^/ti#  pro  filiahns  [so  also 
Poen.  1128]  ;  and  he  gives  from  an  unnamed 
play  of  Plautus  the  words  tie  gtmtahm  suis 
(Frag.  Fab.  Inc.  v.  ~"^ 


4.  Emcpuello,  Frag.  92,  Lenones  Gemini. 
So  Festus,  249.  15;  Priseian,  231.  21,  reads 
Ate  jnmllus. 

5.  Vocative  singular. 
nmus.  emeus,  Poen.  367, 
kuius  dmeusy  Poen.  390. 
mnd'us,  Poen.  394. 

mulm  w«M#,  Most.  311,  Pers.  705. 
iM8us  Odd  us,  Cist.  53,  S.  704, 
melius  aureus,  As.  691. 
msus  ocellus.  As.  664,  Poen.  366.     Com- 
pare Gyre.  203,  392. 

In  As.  664  we  find  mi  anime  parallel  with 
fgwus  ocellus ;  cf.  Cas.  137,  138. 

The  vocative  puere  is  attested  by  MSS., 
by  grammarians,  or  by  limping  metre. 

(a)  Needed  for  metre,  i.e.  before  con- 
sonants or  at  the  end  of  verse,  16  instances  : 
As.  382;  B.  577;  Cure.  75;  Merc.  912 
(910) ;  Most.  843,  947,  949,  965,  990,  991  ; 
Pers.  792;  Ps.  170,  242b,  249,  252  ;  True. 

(ft)  Not  needed  by  metre,  but  given  by 
MSS.,  i.e.  before  vowels,  5  instances  :  As. 
891;   Merc.   930;  Most.  308;   Pers.  771; 

(c)  Merc.  922  (921)  hm  ptkr,  hoc  jMium. 

((I)  l^lerc.  976  shows  notws  amator,  uitus, 
prnr,    apparently    vocatives    but     possibly 

8 

nominatives  in  apposition.     So  t/iemaurus, 

As.  655. 

6.  The  genitive  plural  in  -orum  occurs 
in  about  S§  different  words— nouns,  adjec- 
tives, pronouns — with  a  total  of  111  in- 
stancea  The  genitive  in  -^tm  IW  -01»  is 
found  in  some  21  words,  76  times.  Both 
forms  occur  for  12  words  : 


Seconb  Dkclinsion. 

1.  Two  «%  are  avoided  fii  the  nom.  and 
ace.  8.,  so  that  we  get  e.g.  seruos  esZ,  Ps.  727 

(B,  C,  D)  and  Quom  seruos  sis  seruom  iibi, 
Pers.  291  (A,  B),  but  octdus  {e.g.  True.  579) 
and  oculum  {e.g.  True.  881). 

2.  ^len.  957  gives  us  the  nom.  socerus  ; 
verse  1046  of  the  same  play  has  socer.  A 
nom.  puerus  has  been  conjectured  into  True. 
906  (MSS.  purus). 

conciliaholum,  Trin.  314,  BCD. 

3.  The  gen.  s.  of  -to  stems  ends  of  course 
in  a  single  i  ;  e.g.Jldgiti,  Merc.  417. 

7        S 


dmim  14 


(leorum  9  (synizesis  in 
8  of  these). 

duoM  1  duorum  2 

liberum  1  liberorum  5 

meum  8  meoru7ii  3 

nostrum  (proo.)  f  mstrorum  (pron.)  3 

„    (adj,  3)  „       (adj.)  1 

7iummum  12  wummorum  1 

puertwi  1  puerorum  1 

sernom  1 1  seniorum  4 

socium  1  sociorum  1 

tuom  2  Uioi'um  7 

uerhum  4  uerhornm  G 

nostrum  (pron.N  7  nostrorum  (pron.)  5 

Of  the   other   words  in   -orum   36  occur 


once  each,  of  the  others  in  -m^  i  once 
each.  The  needs  of  the  metre  seem  to  be 
the  only  thing  that  determines  the  choice  ; 
in  Most.  120  we  get  libei-um,  but  in  the 
next  verse  liberorum — both  verses  are  bac- 
chiac. 

Third  Declension. 


1.  Nominative  singular. 

(a)  -OS  and  -or. 

colosy  Men.  828,  Mil.  11T9  ;    color,  Merc. 

368. 

/tonos,  Trin.  697,  Frag.  101  Pagon  ;  honor, 

R.  195,  Trin.  663. 

labos,  Capt.  196,  Merc.  72,  Trin.  271, 
True.  521  ;  hibor  Cure.  219,  R.  202. 

Upos,  As.  prol.  13,  Cas.  235  (voc).  Cure. 
98  (voc),  R.  352  ;  lejxrr  is  not  found  in 
Plautus. 

odos,  Capt.  815  (814),  Cure.  99  (Nonius 
only).  105,  Ps.  841,  842;  odor  [Cure,  99 
MSS.],  Poen.  1179. 

Total,  'OS  17,  -or  6. 

{b)  -or,  -er. 

AmfUor,  B.  1163  ;  rmor  [Cist.  72  doubtful], 
Merc.  590,  Most.  142,  Trin.  260a  ;  aucldr, 
Ps.  231  ;  exercitor,  Trin.  226,  1016  ;  guber- 
ncitor,  R.  1014  ;  honor,  R.  195;  imperator, 
Am.  229  ;  orator,  B.  981  ;  serimtor  (change 
of  speaker)  Ps.  874  ;  soror,  B.  1 140  a,  E.  657 
(ho  B,  not  A  ;  voc,  change  of  speaker),  Poen. 
364,  406,  (change  of  speaker),  895,  S.  76  ; 
uxor.  As.  927,  Merc.  800  (voc),  S.  140; 
/uppiter  Am.  prol.  94  (1)  Cure  27  (change 
of  speaker) ;  jxiter,  Aul.  779,  As.  828  (voc, 
change  of  speaker).  Total,  or  18  (22)  1,  er 
1(4)1 

(c)  Unsyncopated  nominatives  singular. 

Opts,  B.  893  ;  Ops,  Cist.  515. 

PoUuces,  B.  894;  Pollux  not  found  in 
Plautus. 

sortis,  Cas.  380  ;  sors  six  times  in  the 
Casina,  and  also  in  Most.  631. 

{d)  Miscellaneous. 

^«c  mwe*,  Trin.  172  ;  Caries  {i.e.  Hecuba) 
Men.  718  (Ba,  C,  Da).  Cf. /ore«.  Most.  507 
(B'CD). 

iuus,  Merc.  985,  CD. 

nubis,  Merc.  880. 

lac,  lad,  lacte.  Lacte  is  sure  for  B  19 
(13),  Men.  1089,  Mil.  240  ;  and  it  is  possible 
for  True.  903.  On  the  other  hand,  a  mono- 
syllable is  demanded  in*Am.  601  (MSS.  all 
give  lac)\  in  B.  1134  {lact  seems  a  trifle 
more  probable  than  lac) ;  and  in  True.  903 
(here  we  may  read  lacte  with  elision,  or  la^t, 
but  probably  not  lac). 


rners,  merr,  imrces.  In  Plautus  this  word 
is  usually  found  with  an  adjective,  iMila, 
jyroba,  tua.  Mers  seems  to  be  the  common 
Plautine  form,  but  it  is  nearly  always 
changed  to  merx  in  some  MS.  or  MSS. 
il/e?-/ seems  sure  in  Cist.  727,  Men.  758 
(Nonius  twice).  Mil.  728  (Nonius  only), 
Pers.  238,  586,  Poen.  342 ;  perhaps  it  is  to 
be  read  in  Mil.  894. 

Mil.  1059  has  merces,  nom.  s. ;  Ps.  954 
mercist.     In  S.  519,  A  gives  eammersque. 

[milisl  ?  Mil.  946  (C).  True  874  (BCD') ; 
cf.  milix  in  late  inscrr.] 

opos,  S.  573  (B). 

uatis,  Mil.  911  (BCD'). 

2.  Genitive  singular. 

su<er>is.  Cure  323,  corr.  Scaliger ; 
sueris,  Frag.  49,  Carbonaria,  corr.  Turnebe  ; 
sueres,  Festus  330.  27.     sui<8>,  Most.  40. 

[nemi7iis,  Capt.  764 ;  similariy  abl.  nemine. 
Cist.  87,  Mil.  1062]. 

3.  Accusative  singular, 
(a)    i  stems. 

capparim,  Cure.  90. 

clauini,  Most.  404  (F),  425. 

cratim,  Poen.  1025. 

fartim,  Most.  169. 

'usque  adfatim,  Men.  91,  Poen.  534. 
febrim,  Ps.  643. 

ictim,  Capt.  184. 

[imbrim,  Ps.  102  ;  so  A,  Studemund,  but 
not  quite  certainly;  by  a  curious  inter- 
change with  a  following  word]. 

magudarim,  R.  633. 

messim,^.  718,  Most.  161,  Poen.  1019, 
Trin.  32  (A  ?),  but  messem,  R.  637  and 
perhaps  Trin.  32. 

nauim,  Cas.  557,  Men.  prol.  25,  Mil.  1187, 
1188,  1300,  1303.  In  the  Mercator 
(vv.  75,  87,  92,  187,  194,  218, 257,  259,  461) 
C  and  D  regularly  give  nauim,  where  B  has 
nauem  ;  in  946  rmuem  alone  is  found.  Else- 
where we  get  nauem,  in  27  places. 

rauim,   Aul.    336,    Cist.    304,    Frag.    8 

Artemo. 

restim,  Cas.  425,  Pers.  815,  Poen.  396, 
Ps.  88,  R.  367  ;  but  restem,  R.  1036. 

securim,  Aul.  95,  Men.  858. 

«i^iw.  Cure  116,  Merc  861. 

strigilim,  S.  230  (228),  but  -em  Pers.  124. 

tun'im,  B.  710. 

(6)  Miscellaneous: 

itiner,  Merc.  911,  929. 

tenus,  B.  793. 

4.  Vocative  singular. 

Barpage,  Ps.  665,  but  Uarpax,  653. 


THE  CLASSICAL  REVIEW. 


6.  Ablative  singular. 

(o)  Ablatives  in  -i  : 

adfini,  Trin.  622. 

aali,  Poen.  847,  but  aede,  B.  312. 

aeiaii,  Poen.  509, 

am,  Cas.  616,  E.  184,  Pa.  762. 

hilif  Am.  727. 

ealcari.  As.  708. 

\Carthagini%,  Cas.  prol.  71]. 

dux.  Pers  475. 

coluTnbari,  R.  888. 

Jini,  Men.  859. 

fusti.  As.  427.  Aul.  454,  Capt.   896,  Cas. 

967  971 

luci.  Am.  165,  Aul.  748,  Cas.  786,  Cist. 
525,  Men.  1006,  Merc.  255,  H.  364  ;  but  luce, 
Am.  547,  Cure.  182,  True.  574. 

Iwtxinari,  B.  4%>4. 

mam.  Am.  253  (Nonius),  Most.  767  (B 
before  corr.),  Poen.  650  (1  A)  ;  but  wane,  E. 
273  314,  Men.  1157,  Mil.  503,  Most.  534, 
Pers.  113,  114  (bis),  Poen.  806,  R.  418 
(Ijimbin).  The  grammarians  quoted  m  the 
Triumvirate  edition  on  Most.  767,  are  pretty 
consistent  in  declaring  that  the  ablative  is 
Tiwint,  an«l    the   adverb   inane.      Add   niane 

aeptimi.  Men.  1157.  .  ,    r  •   i. 

»weW,  abl.,  occurs  30  times,— with  faint 
traces  of  -e  in  4  places.  Priscian  expressly 
testifies  to  an  ablative  mare  in  R.  981. 

miliii,  Ps.  616  (A,  B)  shown  also  by 
metre.  In  Mil.  1290,  B  gives  iniliti,  at  end 
of  verse;  in  Ps.  717  A  has  either  militi  or 
milite,  with  elision  ;  and  in  True.  87,  BCD 
show  militi  at  end  of  verse.  Besides  these 
4  in  -i,  we  find  7  ablatives  of  mile*  in  -«. 

naui,  31  times,  the  only  form. 

jmrti,  Men.  479,  Pers.  72,  hwt parte,  Poen. 

1285. 
fMctari'i  Merc.  345  (D). 
eecvrit  Ps.  158. 
senapi,  True.  315. 
«i7i,Cas.  154,  Cure.  119,  Most.  193,  R.  312. 

Bortij  Cas.  428. 

Theti,  E.  32  (35). 

Ferieri,  Poen.  256. 

For  2ie8])eri,  see  p.  302. 

(b)  Apparent  instances  of  -e. 

eapitdf  Most.  211. 

eamef  Capt.  914. 
/aenordf  Cure.  508. 

fame,  As.  145,  Cist.  45,  Most.  193,  Pers. 
318,  S.  216.  The  ablative  of  /aiHes,  occurs 
16  times— 11  times  at  the  end  of  a  verse  or 
half-verse,  and  5  times  elsewhere,  with  a  long 
ultima  in  all  the  five. 

lucif  Merc.  255. 

mare,  R.  981,  according  to  Priscian. 

»»t7i<e,Ps.  616(C,  D;  -i.  A,  B). 


miUe,  B.  928. 
morte,  Mil.  707. 
Naucrate,  Am.  860. 
ardine,  Ps.  761,  1312. 
pariete,  Cas.  140. 
patre,  S.  71. 
pectore,  B.  628. 
pumice,  Pers.  41. 
Umpore,  E.  406. 

tramite,  Frag.  108,Parasitus  Piger. 
uxwe,  Cas.  318. 

This  length  of  the  e  is  probably  only 
apparent ;  Plautus  doubtless  wrote  -t,  con- 
founding these  with  -i  stems.  Cf.  hici  and 
temperi ;  also  Merc.  345  (D)  (elided  how- 
ever), and  B.  628. 
(c)  Miscellaneous. 

iuiigere.   Men.    913,   abl.    of    ^iunyus,    a 
wagon  ;  cf.  Plato.  Kuthyd.   299,  b. 
[nemine,  Cist.  87,  Mil.  1062]. 
in    pereyre    est.     Frag.    40,    Caecus    uel 
Praedones. 

rete,  abl.,  with  (juantity  of  ultima  indeter- 
minate, As.  100  (15,  D),  R  914,  1020,  1292. 
True.  37.  In  R.  1071  ?-«rimust  be  the  right 
form.  Priscian  expressly  attests  rete  in  K. 
1020. 

6.  Nominative  plural. 
There  are  at  least  98  instances  (in  nouns 
and    adjectives)    of    -is    in    the    nom.     pi. 
attested  by  the  reading  of  one  or  more  of 
the  MSS.  A  B  C  D.      This  number  would 
be  raised  to  108  if  we  included  some  read- 
ings due  to  E  or  J,  and  Nonius'  quotation 
of  Capt.  164.     Of  the  96  the  Miles  shows 
32,  the  Truculentus  14,  the  Poenulus  9.     I 
have  found  at  least  one  instance  in  every 
play  except  the  Aulularia  (and  the  Vid.  and 
fragg.).    The  forms  are  attested  as  follows  : 
By  A  5  (Cas.  720,  Poen.  433  bis,  994, 

1208). 
ABCD    1  (True.  182). 
B  22. 

BC  1  (Poen.  849). 

BD  9. 
BCD  47. 
0  2. 

CD  8. 

B  8. 

Such  forms  as  puppis  and  restis  are  at- 
tested by  Varro,  L.  L.  8.  66.  The  98 
instances  in  Plautus  occur  in  consonant,  as 
well  as  in  -i  stems.  They  have  generally 
been  disregarded  by  editors  ;  but,  aside  from 
a  few  that  may  be  open  to  suspicion,  they 
are  too  numerous  to  be  looked  on  as  acci- 
dents or  blunders.  Plautus  evidently  con- 
fused the  two  kinds  of  stems  elsewhere  :  cf. 
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Fourth  Declension. 

1.  Genitive  singular,  16  instances. 

(a)  gemiti,  Aul.  722. 

quaesti,  Aul.  83,  Most.  1107,  Pers.  66, 
Poen.  prol.  95. 

senati  columen,  Cas.  536,  E.  189. 
sumpti,  Cas.  425,  Trin.  250. 
turnulti,  Cas.  649,  Poen.  207. 
uicti,  Capt.  855. 

(b)  cibus,  Capt.  826,  according  to  the 
testimony  of  Priscian,  is  a  genitive ;  some 
take  it  as  a  nominative  in  apposition. 
Elsewhere  we  get  only  cibi  (Cas.  778,  Cure. 
319,  Vid.  42). 

lectus,  Am.  513,  expressly  attested  as  a 
genitive  by  Priscian. 

quaestus,  Ps.  1197,  probably  genitive, 
possibly  nominative. 

sumptus,  Mil.  675,  very  doubtfully  geni- 
tive. 

The  ending  -uis  seems  not  to  occur  at  all 
in  Plautus. 

Total, -i  12;  -us  i'i 

2.  Dative  singular,  27  instances  : — 
depecvlatui,  E.  520. 

despicatui,  Men.  693. 

8 

extersui,  Cure.  578. 
/rustratui,  Men.  695. 

8 

gustui,  Cist.  70. 

2 

ludificatuiy  Poen.  1281. 

8 

memoratui,  B.  62. 

8 

perditui  6t  praeddtui,  Citst.  366. 

1  4 

quaestuiy  Poen.  626. 
sumptui,  Mil.  672. 

8 

sumplui,  Mil.  740. 

G 

sumptuif  Most.  125  (bacchiac). 

v^ui,  at  verse  end,  Merc.  32,  Mil.  600, 
724,  771,  Ps.  305;  in  interior  of  verse, 
Cist.  691,  Cure.  501,  Men.  358,  Mil.  601, 
Ps.  1129. 

ann,  Aul.  466 ;  dnu,  Cure.  104. 

2  5* 

quaestu  et  cultu^  R.  294. 
6  7 

Total,  ui,  at  end  of  verse  or  half -verse, 

13,  elsewhere,  10;  -m  4. 

3.  Accusative  singular. 

algum^  masc,  Vid.  103  (Priscian). 
ueru,   neut.,  R.   134;   but  uerum,  neut., 
True.  628,  and,  nom.,  R.  1302,  1304. 


4.  Ablative  singular. 

angiportu,  Cist.  384,  Most.  1046. 

ex  hac  domu,  Mil.  prol.  126;  this  is  the 
only  fourth  declension  form  of  domus  in 
Plautus. 

Ivacnoctu,  Am.  272,  404,  412,  731,  Mil. 
381,  Trin.  869.  Noclu  stands  alone  as 
adverb  in  25  places.  Cf.  diu  (as  in  Cas. 
823)  and  rmdius  tertius  (as  in  Most.  956-7). 

sine  penUj  Capt.  472. 

5.  Genitive  plural. 

mille  passum,  Men.  177,  True.  334. 
The  form  JltLctuom,  sometimes  quoted  as 
Plan  tine,  does  not  occur  in  Plautus. 

6.  Accusative  plural. 

drtud,  Men.  855  (MSS.,  Priscian,  Nonius, 

8 

metre). 

Fifth  Declension. 

1.  Genitive  singular. 

ret,  Cist.  144  (omitted  by  editors).  Men. 
764,  Pers.  65,  Poen.  745,  1405,  Ps.  1120, 
S.  379,  True.  145,  223. 

re-l,  Aul.  121,  Merc.  692,  Mil.  prol.  103, 
Most.  89. 

re-i,  E.  203,  Men.  323,  494,  Merc.  964, 
R.  487. 

re{i),  Aul.  68. 

re-i  or  rei,  either  possible,  As.  855,  Men. 
812.^ 

diet,  Capt.  800. 

die,  Ps.  1158  (so  B  ;  diem  A). 

di-e-l,  As.  253,  Poen.  217,  Trin.  811. 
Fidfi,  Aul.  617. 

8 

Fidft,  Aul.  667.     Either  here  or  in  617 
1 
Charisius  read  Fide. 

Fide-l,  Aul.  583. 

2 

fide-l,  Aul.  121. 

2 

phhi,  Ps.  748. 

2.  Dative  singular. 

ra  As.  182,  589,  B.  947,  Capt.  460,  Cas. 
773,  Cist.  97,  184  (prol.),  Cure.  532,  Merc. 
300  (re),  376  (379),  551,  Mil.  764,  798,  802, 
1093,  Poen.  479,  Ps.  58,  175,  R.  1374,  Trin. 
38,  635,  757  {re),  930,  1123,  True.  375, 
394,  713. 

r(«t).  Am.  674  {re  %),  B.  297,  Men.  234, 
Most.  92,  Pers.  333,  372,  393,  Poen.  prol. 
49,  Poen.  815  {re),  Ps.  783,  1115,  R. 
717,  S.  720  (718),  Trin.  119,  230,  522,  865, 
True.  231. 

re{i),  or  rei,  either  possible  in  Merc.  987. 

diet  Am.  546. 

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diet,  Capt.  464. 

die.  Am.  276  ;  soServ.  Dan.  expressly  for 

this  verse  ;  the  MSS  of  Plautus  have  diet, 
dii,  Merc.  4  (13) ;  soServ.  ;  die  ex  dii,  D, 

G 

die  HCF. 

diet  or  (ii«*,  either  possible  in  Triu.  843. 

'1  - 

Jidei.     Am.  391. 

fidei^  Aul.  615. 

s 
Fidety  Aul.  676. 

6 

yeV/a,  Cas.  1007. 
Jidfi,  Cist.  245. 

/-ic/e,  Poen.  890  (e  UCl);    ei  AF). 

jid(e\  Pors.  193(A);  Trin.  117  (B). 

Jid(ii),  Triu.  128,  142. 
It  is  noteworthy  how  little  evidence, 
relatively,  we  have  for  -e  in  the  ^'enitive  and 
dative  singular:  gen.  die,  Vs.  1158;  Fide, 
Aul  617  or  667;  dat.  re,  Am.  674,  Merc. 
.300,  Poeu.  817,  Trin.  757  ;  die,  Am.  276, 
Merc.  4  (13);  Fide,  Poen.  890,  Jide,  Per.s. 
193,  Trin.  117  ;  and  possibly  jmbe,  Ps.  126. 
Total  in    e,  gen.  2,  dat.  10. 

3.  Ablative  singular. 
pidte  (diit.  s.  ?)  Ps.  1 26. 
red,  >ee  p.  295. 
reapse,    Canit  rarius     in     True.     815  ;    cf. 

remp8am,'VYW\  864  (so  ii),  and  Am.  piol.  73. 

4.  Locative. 
die  crastini,  Most.  881. 
die  septimi,  Men.  1156. 
die  septnmei,  Pers.  260. 

5.  Genitive  plural. 
sorderumy  Poen.  314. 

Variations  in  Gender. 

Nouns  ordinarily  masculine,  appearing  in 
Plautus  as  feminine,  4  : 

Nulla  Achenms,  Capt.  999  ;  MSS.  and 
Nonius  expressly.  This  is  the  only  one  of 
the  17  instances  to  show  gender. 

ulla  amuis,  Merc.  859  ;  MSS.  and  Nonius 
expressly.  The  other  (four)  instances  do 
not  betray  gender. 

capiundas  crines,  Most.  226  ;  B  ante  ras., 
and  Nonius  expressly ;  -dos  other  MSS. 
Mil.  792  the  only  other  instance  is  indeter- 
minate. , 

hanc  rudentem,  R.  938;  MSS.,  Nonius 
expressly,  gloss.  The  other  instances  (2) 
do  not  indicate  gender. 


2.  Nouns  ordinarily  masculine,  appearing 
here  as  neuter. 

artua,   Men.    855;   C,   Nonius,    Priscian, 

metre.  ,  ^.  ., 

caloi',  ace.  s.,  Merc.  860  ;  \\CW  Ph.largy- 
rius  ;  Nonius  expressly  says  neuter,  but  his 
text  reads  -em.     Occurs,  in    PLiutus,   only 

here 

capillum,  nom.  s..  Most.  254  ;  Nonius 
expressly ;  Plautine  MSS.  have  us.  bix 
other  instances  indecisive. 

caseum,  nom.  s.,  Frag.  103,  Parasitus 
Medicus;  Nonius  expressly.  The  three 
other  instances  are  masculine. 

nasuin,  nom.  s..  Am.  444  ;  MSS.   Nonius. 

siKiax  7irt«MW,  ace.  s..  Cure.  110,  Mh^. 

ncmim,  nom.  s.,  Men.  168  ;  MSS.,  Nonius 

incidentally.  ,„      , 

,iastc7n,  nom.  8.  Mil.  1256  ;  CD.  Totals 
for  this  word,  4  neuter,  8  indeterunnate. 

pane,  nom.  s..  Cure.  367;  Nonius  and 
Charisius,  both  expressly;  F;  -em  b  1^.  J. 
On  the  other  hand,  panein  six  tunes,  umi 
bi7ios  j>ane8,  Peis.  471.  Three  indeter- 
minate. 

nuy7iu7n,  nom.  s.,  Capt.  796  ;  Gran.ina- 
ticus  «le  dubiis  nominibus  ex[»ressly  siiys 
neuter,  but  the  MSS.  and  Noi.ius  h  ive  it 
masculine.  Seven  places  show  masculine 
iiender,  out  of  a  total  of  38. 

sumbolum,  Ps.  648  (us  A),  1001  ;  clear  y 
masc.  in  5  places ;  masc.  or  neut  in  1 1 
others.     The  fem.   form  (4  instances)  dilleis 

in  meaning.  ,    ^^,       ..   t^    xt     • 

uterum,  nom.  s.,  Aul.  691  ;  H  E,  Nonius 
expressly.  Seven  places  do  not  show 
gender. 

3.  Nouns  ordinarily  feminine,  appearing 
here  as  masculine. 

hoc  delate,  Trin.  1090  ;  Nonius  expressly, 
liut    our    MSS.    have   hoc,   unquestionably 

"^m  sumn  aluom,  Ps.  823 ;  MSS.,  Nonius 
expressly.     Three  indecisive  instances. 

unum  cdcem,  Poen.  908;  Nonius  ex- 
pressly, but  our  MSS.  show  unam. 

sedatum  cujndineith  Am.  840  ;  Mbb. 

seuero /route,  Mil.  201.  So  A  ;  other  Mbb. 
f      R   318  L'ives  contracta  /route,  and  six 
places  do  not  indicate  gender. 

coloratilem  frontem,  Fra.g.  110,  Plocinum. 
Nonius,  204,  26.  says  masculine,  quoting  as 
above  ;  but  in  149,  5  he  quotes  the  verse 
for     another    purpose,    giving    coloralum  ; 

metre  affords  no  sure  help. 

/toc/Mci,  Am.  165,  BDEF  J. 

luci  claro,  Aul.  748;  Nonius  expressly 
says  masculine  and  is  followed  by  h,  but 
B  D  E  J  give  dura. 


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Itacis  tuendi,  Capt.  1008  (tuend^ie  only  in 
F,  J). 

cum  prinw  luci,  Cist.  525  ;  MSS. 

hoc  luce.  Cure.  182  ;  MSS. 

This  word  is  feminine  in  Am.  547,  luce 
clara,  MSS  ;  (and  in  Aul.  748  according  to 
B  D  E  J).  There  are  20  instances  of  lux 
and  its  cases  ;  14  are  indeterminate,  5  mas- 
culine, and  1  feminine. 

4.   Nouns  usually  neuter,  here  masculine  : 

ueitalem  aeuom,  Poen.  1187  ;  A  B  C  D  F. 

collus,  Am.  445  ;  Nonius  expressly,  fol- 
lowed by  F  ;  MSS.  have  collum. 

collus,  Capt.  357 ;  MSS.,  Donatus. 

collus,  R.  888,  Priscian  ;  MSS.  give  collum, 
so  Osbernus,  and  so  apparently  the  metre  ; 
cf.  Leo  on  R.  888. 

hunc  in  collum,  Pers.  691  ;  MSS. 

collos,  Capt.  902  ;  MSS. 
Of  29  instances  of  this   word,  4  are  masc, 

I  masc.  or  neut.,  24  indeterminate. 

unum  conclauem,  Mil.  140  (prol.),  B  ante 
ras.  C  D. 

....  clau^,  Cas.  881  ;  so  B.  clauein 
without  space,  E  F.  Most.  843  has  con- 
clauia,  and  the  two  remaining  instances  are 
indecisive. 

crassus  corius  redditust.  Frag.  Fab.  Inc. 
5  (18);  Paulus  expressly. 

tris  corios  huhulos,  Poen.  139  ,  MSS.  and 
Nonius  expressly.    Totals,  2  masc,  4  neuter, 

I I  indeterminate. 

dorsus  lotus.  Mil.  397  ;  BC,  Nonius  ex- 
pressly, dorsum  totum,  A  F  ;  dor  su  totus, 
D.     Three  instances  indecisive. 

gUtturem,  Aul.  304  ;  MSS.,  metre,  Nonius, 

5  6 

Priscian. 
ijutturem.  Mil.  835  ;  MSS.,  metre.  Nonius. 

5  6 

gutiurem,  Trin.  1014;  MSS.,  metre. 

7  8 

Capt.  468  has  guttur  nom.  s.,  but  gender  is 
not  indicated  here  or  in  the  remaining  two 
instances. 

hi  loci,  Ps.  595. 

quos  locos,  Trin.  931  ; 
but /oca,  R.  227,   Cist.    677,   R.    Ill,  Trin. 
863,    864 ;    add   locorum,    Capt.    385,    and 
locarum,  Cas.  120  (so  A),  Poen.  144  (BCD), 
True.  661  (BCDL). 

pergrandem  lucrum,  Pers.  494  ;  Nonius 
expressly,  against  all  our  MSS. 

jxipauerem,  Poen.  326  ;  MSS. 

papduereni,    Trin.     410;     MSS.,     metre, 
')       r. 

Nonius,  Charisius. 

uuidum  retem,  R.  942  ;  so  Priscian,  332. 
14,  but  in  270.  15  he  gives  rete, 

retem,  R.  984 ;  CDF,  Priscian,  Lambin  ; 
further  details  about  this  word  on  page  302. 


sinu>8,  bowl,  nom.  s..  Cure.  82 ;  MSS., 
Prise,  glo<s. 

slnu^,  nom.  s.     R.  1319  ;  MSS. 
Two  indecisive  instances. 

/amiliarem  tergum,  As.  319  ;  Nonius  ex- 
pressly, followed  by  F ;  -are,  all  other  MSS. 

tributus,  nom.  s.  m.,  E.  227,  228. 

uiscus,  nom.  s.  masc.  B  50  ;  MSS.,  gloss. 

uiscits,  nom.  s.  masc.  Poen.  479 ;  MSS., 
and  Charisius  without  quoting.  Four  other 
instances  indeterminate. 

5.  Nouns  ordinarily  neuter,  here  femi- 
nine. 

/ulnientas,  Trin.  720. 

ad  Inbeas,  S.  721  ;  labiis,  Mil.  93,  indeter- 
minate. 

locarum,  see  above. 

e  murteta,  Vid.  100  ;  so  Priscian.  Por- 
phyrio  gives  per  murteta,  and  murteta,  ace. 
pi.,  occurs  in  R.  732. 

ramentd,  B.  513,  518  [519  b],  R.  1016  ; 
but  cum  raniento,  B.  680. 

senapis  scelera,  nom.  s.  f.,  Ps.  817.  Ex- 
pressly attested  as  feminine  here  by  Prise, 
Serv.,  Mar.  Sacerd.,  Probus.  MSS.  are 
muddled,  but  agree  with  feminine  gender. 
One  other  instance,  indecisive. 

6.  Nouns  masculine  and  feminine. 

angues,  Am.  1108.  Nonius  expressly 
says  feminine,  against  our  MSS.  In  1116, 
alte^'um  [angueni],  u  ex  a,  D.  The  word 
is  masculine  in  Am.  1114,  1119,  1123,  and 
indeterminate  in  3  other  places. 

araneorum.  As.  425  ;  so  Nonius ;  -arum 
MSS. 

araneorum,  S.  348 ;  MSS.,  Nonius. 

ai'aneas,  Aul.  87. 

araneas,  S.  355  ;  so  C  D  F  {-as  or  -os  %  A) 

araneis,  indet.,  Aul.  84. 

canis,  and  its  cases,  occurs  26  times  ;  11 
as  fem.,  2  as  masc,  13  indeterminate.  It  is 
therefore  normally  feminine  in  Plautus,  and 
is  used  as  feminine  even  when  it  refers  to  a 
man  (Most.  41,  Poen.  1236,  Trin.  172).  It 
refers  to  a  woman  in  Men.  838,  936  ;  and 
is  feminine  with  only  general  reference  in 
Cafit.  485,  Most.  850,  854,  Poen.  1234,  Ps. 
319  (Nonius  has  masc),  S.  139.  It  is  masc. 
only  twice,  and  in  both  cases  it  refers  to  a 
man  (B.  1146,  Mil.  268). 

dies,  as  feminine,  occurs  at  least  9  times  : 
As.  534,  838,  E.  545,  Ps.  58,  279,  301,  374, 
623,  Vid.  90. 

feminam  leonem,  Vid.  Ill,  112,  Philar- 
gyrius.  Similarly  ciui  femina,  Pers.  475  ; 
and  with  distinctly  feminine  adjectives, 
rabiosa /emina  canis.  Men.  838,  and  musca 
nulla  /emina.  True   284. 

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twice   expressly,    and  other    grammarians ; 
also  Aul.  Frag.  3,  Nonius  expressly. 
uesper^  uespera,  see  p.  302. 

7.  Masculine,  feminine,  neuter. 

penus  annuosy  Ps.  178  ;  Priscian. 
omne  penuSt  nom.,  Ps.  228. 
aliud  penusy  ace.,  Capt.  920  j  six  instances 
indeterminate. 

8.  Nouns  masculine  and  neuter. 

aigum,  ace.  s.  masc.,  Vid.  103,  Priscian  ; 
ahju,  abl,  Most.  193,  R.  582,  indeterminate. 

ecdanii strum  meuitiy  nom.  s.,  Cure.  577, 
MSS.  and  Charisius.  Occurs  nowhere  else 
in  Plautus. 

jnlleum  q^umi,  Frag.  Dub.  6,  Nonius  220. 
11,  expressly;  pilleum,  voc.   neuter,  Frag. 


69,  Cornicula;  so  Nonius  220.  11  expressly. 
Indeterminate  in  Am.  462. 

9.  Nouns  feminine  and  neuter. 

praesej/is  suaa,  Cas.,  prol.  57,  MSS. 

praesepem  suain.  Cure.  228.  Expressly 
stated  to  be  fern,  by  Charisius  and  Nonius  ; 
B  reads  auum. 

praesepia  vieas,  R.  1038.  Nonius  quotes 
it  as  fem.  but  assigns  it  to  the  Curculio.  B 
also  has  meas. 

haee  praeaepea  mea  eat.  Frag.  Inc.  Fab. 
67,  Marius  Sacerdos,  expressly. 

I  have  discussed  this  matter  of  Variation 
of  Gender  from  a  different  point  of  view  in 
the  Proceedings  of  the  American  Philo- 
logical Association,  vol.  32,  1901,  p.  Ixxxiii, 
from  which  I  may  here  quote  the  following 
paragraphs : 


THE  CLASSICAL  REVIEW. 


9 


We  have  coincident  testimony  of 

Metre,  MSS.,  and  Grammarians 

Metre    an» I  M8S. 

Metre    and  Grammarians 

MSS.    and  Grammarians 

MSS.    alone 

Grammarians  alone 

Metre    20    MSS.    57        Grammarians  51 


in  10  ca.<-es 

7 

1    (  +  2   f ragg.) 

17 
23 
13  (  +  8  fragg.) 

71  (  +  10) 


Of  eighty-one    instances   of    variation  in 
gender  in    Plautus,  all  but  six   [aetate^  m., 
capillwn,  n.,    lucruviy  m.,  murUta,   f.,  pug- 
nmn,  n.,  tergum,  m.],  can  be  paralleled    by 
testimony  of  various  sorts,    oftentimes  co- 
incident, more  rarely  of    one    kind  alone. 
The  evidence  from  other  authors  consists, 
overwhelmingly,    of     that    of     writers    of 
plebeian  Latin.     We  should  be  inclined  to 
look    with    rather    less  suspicion  than  we 
might  have  imagined  on  the  testimony  of  the 
later  grammarians  in  this  matter  of  gender. 
In  particular.  Nonius  probably  blundered  in 
only  four  instances  out  of  thirty-four.     It 
would  seem  that,  on  the  whole,  the  variations 
of  gender  in  Plautus,  are  as  well  assured  as 
most  points  in  Plautus  can  be. 

Singular  Forms  used  for  Plurals. 

caatrum  Poenorum,  Frag.  Fab.  Inc.  76, 
Servius.     Plural  forms  occur  five  times. 

mea  delicia,  Poen.  365.  So  Gellius  and 
Nonius  ;  -««,  A  B  C  D. 

fne<a>  deliciay  True.  921,  B  C  D. 

deliciaey  dat.,  R.  429. 

As  epithet  in  plural  5  times :  Most.  15, 
Pers.  204,  Ps.  180,  227,  S.  742. 

/om,  nom.  s..  Am.  496,  Aul.  665,  B.  234, 
1057,  Cas.   163,  874,  Merc.  699,  Mil.  154 


(prol.),  528,  985,  1198,  Most.  507,  1062, 
Pers.  300,  404,  S.  87,  totil  16. 

forem,  B.  833,  Cas.  893. 

This  word  occurs  in  the  plural  about  89 
times,  exclusive  of  the  adverbs  /oria  and 
/oraa. 

Variations  in  Declension. 

angtportum,  neuter,  Ps.  961,  Most.  1045, 
Pers.  678,  Ps.  961  ;  angiporto,M.,  As.  741, 
Ps.  971  ;  angiporta,  Cist.  384,  Ps.  1235; 
angiportiay  Pers.  444,— all  these  are  appar- 
ently of  the  second  declension ;  against 
them  stand  ex  angiportu,  Cist.  124,  and  in 
aiigijyortu.  Most.  1046  (in  the  latter  place 
the  reading  of  A  is  doubtful,  -w  or  -o). 

araneorum,  As.  425  ;  so  Nonius ;  MSS. 
give  -arum. 

araneai-um,  S.  348,  MSS.  and  Nonius. 

araneaay  Aul.  87. 

araneaa,  S.  355,  C  D  F ;  A  doubtful. 

araneia,  Aul.  84,  indet. 

dxmm,  Mil.  prol.  126,  is  the  only  fourth 
declension  form  of  domua,  and  occurs  but 
this  once  ;  chnio  is  very  common. 

/ultnmtaa,  fem.  not  neut,  Trin.  720. 

ad  hbeaa,  S.  721,  {lahiia,  Mil.  93,  indet.). 

locuat  in  plural,  see  page  301. 

murtetat  see  page  301. 


hac  noctu,  Am.  272,  404,  412,  731,  Mil. 
381,  Trin.  869  ;  nocte  is  common. 

pfiniculum,  m.  or  f.,  Mil.  18. 

pecua,  w.,  1 ;  pecudem,  etc.,  4 ;  pecu,  pecua,  5. 

penus  annuoa,  Ps.  178. 

pe7ii,  gen.,  Ps.  608,  Trin.  254. 

2^mwi,8LCc.  Capt.  771,  Men.  120,  801  ; 
but 

omne  penua,  nom.,  Ps.  228, 
aliud  penuSf  ace,  Capt.  920, 
and 

sine  penu,  Capt.  472. 

On  this  word  see  Gellius,  N.  A.  4.  1. 

ramentd,  abl.,  B.  513,  518  (519^.)  K.  1016. 

cu7n  ramentOy  B.  680. 

rete,  and  its  cases,  occurs  15  times;  8  of 
the  instances  are  normal.  For  R.  942, 
Priscian  attests  a  masc.  ace.  s,  uuidum  retem, 
though  elsewhere  he  quotes  the  same  verse 
with  rete.  In  R.  984,  C,  D,  F,  Priscian, 
I^mbin,  give  retem,  ace.  s.  In  R.  900  we 
get  retiam,  ace.  s.,  in  Priscian  and  in  ed. 
princ,  the  MSS.  giving  retia  ace.  pi.  In 
R.  1071  we  find  retia  prehendi  (so  practically 
B  C  p),  but  the  metre  requires  reti  appre- 
hendi.  We  have  the  ablative  rete  expressly 
attested  for  R.  1020  by  Priscian,  and  it 
occurs  also  in  R.  914,  1292. 

In  As.  238,  B  D  F  give  ayngrapham ; 
in  5  other  instances  we  get  ayrigraphum, 
Nonius  expressly  stating  that  Cicero  used 
the  feminine,  and  that  Plautus  used  the 
masculine  in  As.  746. 

uaaum,  True.  53,  54 ;  uas,  B.  202,  R.  986. 

ueru,  uerum,  see  page  299. 

uesper  hic^  B.  1205. 

ittsjierum,  10  instances  (Mil.  503  -am  F ; 
Most.  767  a^n  grammatici). 

uespeHf  5  instances. 

de  uesperi  auo^  Mil.  995. 

p^'ima  uespera,  Cure.  4  (cf.  Mil.  503,  Most. 
767).  Compare  uesperugo,  Am.  275,  and 
uespema,  Frag.  Fab.  Inc.  45,  Paulus. 

Greek  nouns  show  a  good  deal  of  wavering. 
They  have  been  treated  by  H.  M.  Hopkins, 
in  Harv.  Studies,  ix.  96,  and  I  shall  notice 
only  a  few  here. 

Achillea  (3  instances),  Achillem  (2), 
Achilli,  gen.,  B.  938.  The  first  syllable  of  this 
word  is  thought  to  be  long  in  Merc.  488  and 
Mil.  1054 ;  and  it  may  be  long  in  thtf  4  other 
places. 

architectua  (4),  architecte  (2),  architectia 
(1);  architecioiiem  twice  at  end  of  verse. 
Text  corrupt  in  Mil.  919. 

Calckaa,  nom.,  Merc.  945;  Calcha,  abl., 
Men.  748. 

Calliclea  (10),  CaUidi,  gen.,  Trin.   1183 
Callix:li,  dat.,  Trin.  582,  899,  Calliclem  (6)! 
Callicle,  abl.  (2),  ^  ^ 


Charmidea    (13).   Chamiidai,   Trin.    359, 

Charmidi,  gen.,  Trin.   744,  Charmidem  (4), 

Charmid£,  abl.  (2). 
Euripidi,  gen.,  R.  86. 
Ilerculis,  gen.,  R.  161,  Herculi,  gen.,  Pers. 

2,  R.  822. 

Philolaches  (17) 

Philolachetia  ( 1 )  Phihlachia  ( 1 1) 

Philolacheti  (1 )  (2  ?)         Philolachi  ( 1 ) 
Philolachetem  (2  X)  Philolachem  (3  ?) 

Phildmhete  ( 1 )  Philolache  ( 1 ) 

Thetia,  True.  731,  Theti,  abl.,  E.  32  (35). 
Tranio,  nom.  (18),  Tranioni  (1),  Tranione 

(I) ;  but  IVanium,  ace,  Most.  560. 

Nouns,  Adverbs,  and  Prepositions. 

usque  ad  /atim,  Men.  91,  Poen.  534. 

hoc  commodumj  Trin.  1136. 

tueis  ingratieiSf  Merc.  479. 

amhorum  ingratiia,  Cas.  315.  ingratiia 
as  an  adverb,  ten  times. 

a  7nani,  Am.  253  (-i  Nonius  ;  -e  BDEJ); 
Most.  767  (gramm.  testimony  strong  for  -?*, 
MSS.  -e) ;  a  mane,  Most.  534,  MSS.  ;  Mil. 
503,  MSS.  ;  nmne  aeptimi,  Men.  1157  ;  and 
mane  ten  times  as  an  adverb. 

Meritiaaumo  eiua^  As.  737  ;  cf.meritiaaujno 
E.    430.     meritOt    clearly    a    noun,    10    in- 
stances ;  clearly  an  adverb,  Cas.  182  ;  7nerito 
magia;    indeterminate,   23.     Similar  is  im 
Tnerito. 

hac  noctu.  Am.  272,  404,  731,  Trin.  869. 

noctu  hac,  Am.  412,  Mil.  381. 
noctu  as  adverb,  24  times. 

nunc  ipaum,  B.  940. 

in  peregre  eat,  Frag.  40,  Caecus  vel  Prae- 
dones  (Charisius). 

oaae  fini,  {fini  as  preposition),  Men., 
oD9. 

intendi  tenua,  {tenua  as  noun),  B.  793. 

Syncopated  and  Unsyncopated  Nouns. 

halineae  and  its  cases,  As.  357,  Merc.  127, 
Most.  756,  Pers.  90,  Poen.  976,  R.  383,  Trin. 
406  ;  balineator,  R.  527.  Total  unsynco- 
pated, 8 ;  but  balneator,  Poen.  703,  True. 
325. 

columen,  Am.  367,  Cas.  536,  E.  189,  Most. 
765,  Trin.  85  ;  culmen  seems  not  to  occur. 

contro[uo]7'aiam,  Men.  593. 

disciplinaj  so  accented,  occurs  12  times. 
In  As.  201  we  find  diaciplinM,  with  the 
second  syllable  apparently  long ;  but  mute 
and  liquid  cannot  make  position  in  Plautus, 
so  it  is  necessary  to  read  here  diadpHlina.  In 
Most.  154  the  w  is  attested  by  Ba  C  D, 
though  it  is  not  needed  for  the  metre. 
Jn  11  of  the  13  instances  th^  metre  would 


THE  CLASSICAL  REVIKW. 


permit  the  longer  form;  but  m  Las  60., 
657,  discijdinam  ends  a  bacohiac  tetra- 
meter, so  that  -u-  would  be  imi)OS8ible  there. 

exjniriyat{one7,i,  Am.  965,  Merc.  960. 

fauilares,  Am.  prol.  67,  78,  79. 

laMum,  Capt.  847   903,  907,  Men.  210. 

nduUis,    Men.    226  ;    nauta    occurs  only 
twice,  Mil.    1335,  1430,  where  it  must  be 

trochaic. 

oiw/MnVia,  Mil.  880. 

^mihis,  and  its  cases,  occurs  45   times. 
Kleven  times  at  the  end  of  a  verse  (or  heiiu- 
stich)  we  get  the  forms  pojM,  jyojdo,  poplurn, 
shown  by  metre,  and  by  more  or  less  clear 
proof  of  them  in  the   MS.    readings.     poj>h 
As.   655   (hen.istieh),  Aul.  285,   Oas    536, 
Most.  15,  Per..  408  ;  poplo,  Am.   F^rol.    101, 
190   (hemistich),  259,   Ps.    126,    R.    1251  ; 
pophun,  As.  prol.  4.     In  S.  490   Uo  prints 
jm^di,  on  account  of  Meyer's  1  aw  ;  m  Ps. 


178  the  Gotz-Scholl  edition  prints ;)o/>/o  in  the 
interior  of  an  anapaestic  verse  ;  in  Most. 
124,  Poen.  227,  Ps.  1129,  Leo  reads  poplo 
at  the  beginning  of  bacchiac  verses— but  all 
these  seem  unnecessary. 

Quadrup <u> lator,  Pers.  70. 
nid^dus  occurs  53  times.     In  R.  1130  the 
metre  demands  the  form  uidlm,  and  in  R. 
936,  1106,  1127,  mVWnm. 

jm-tculnm,  and  its  cases,  occurs  48  times^ 
In  36  places  we  must  read  periclnm.     In  10 
instinces  we  find  the  full  form  at  the  end  of 
an  iambic  verse  or  hemistich  :  As.  457  (hemi- 
stich), B.  599,  Capt.  91,  687,  740,  Men.  199, 
201,  Poen.  633,  R.  349  (hemistich),    Trin. 
858!     Twice  we  seem  to  get  the  longer  form 
in  the  interior  of  a  verse :  in  Pers.  524  A 
^nd  F  read  pericuto,  but  B  C  D  give  'i^iclo  ; 
it  would  seem  to  be  better  to  read  penclo 
with  following  hiatus  at  penth.  caesura  [cf. 
Men.  841,— shall  we  read  oracnh  with  B 
and  avoid   hiatus,  or  oraclo  with  hiatus  1J. 
In  Frag.   Fab.   Inc.   53   (Porphyrio)  we  get 
pericrdUm,    apparently    filling    the    second 
dipody  of  a  senarius,  but  it  is  just  possible 
that  we  have  here  parts  ol  two  verses,  one 
ending  with  jierimhrm. 

poctduw  occurs  12  times,  but  it  does  not 
show  the  regularity  of  usage  thnt  perindum 
does  The  full  foun  ends  verse  or  hemi- 
stich 4  tim^s.  lies  within  an  anapaestic  verse 
in  Ps  047,  occurs  in  a  corrupt  passage  in 
Pers*.  775.  We  also  find  it  four  tiuies  in  the 
interior  of  a  verse  (Cure.  368,  S.  272,  725  ; 
True.  43),  whei-e  we  get  twice  what  we 
should  there  expect,  the  shorter  form  (As. 

771,  Cure.  359).  t^     r  „  * 

mectdum  is  found  5  times ;  the  full  form 
occurs  in  Trin.  283,  cretic  verse,  and  the 


shorter  (if  we  accept  Leo's  reading  for  Aul. 
126)  in  the  other  four. 

apectdculdin  ends  the  senanus  Poen.  -UJ, 
and  spectmla  occurs  normally  in  the  interior 

of  Cure.  647.  .       .^a  . 

taberndcuhim,  end  of  verse,  Trin  7.b  , 
tabei-naclo,  interior  of  verse,  Am.  4Jb,  4Jtt. 
This  word  is  formed  as  if  from  *tabernare. 

uehicUi,  Aul.  168,  502,  Pers.  782,  all  med. 

versu.  .      ,     •   i^    •        p 

uiticla  appears  10  times  in  the  interior  of 

the  verse,  and  xdnculis  once  in  cretic  verse, 

Capt.  204.  ,,  .         , 

Other  words  with  -tlo-  suftix  CMJCurring  at 
the  end   of  a  verse  are  cmdcuU,  Am.  Hoo 
(only    here);    cnhicul(>     Am.    f08,   As.   76. 
also  in  full  form  mod.  versu  Las   96o,  <(k», 
and-cretic  ver.e-Most.  696)  ;  iaient<kulo, 
Cure.    72.    73    (perhaps   only    twi<e)  ;    pro- 
m^yndculd,  B.  710,   Mil.   334  (twice  only), 
redimiculwn.  True.  395.     The  lull  fortu  oc- 
curs, med.  versu,  in  these  words  :  cubwulum. 
see   above  ;    curriculum,    12   timeH 'dtnndi 
culL  3  times ;  ileuorUiculum,  Capt.  Ji-3  ;  put 
cvlU    I'nic.    223  ;  ridiculi^   etc.,    3  times 
and  twice  in  anapaests  ;  and  adimmculuia  in 
the  corrupt  Most.  130. 

Alcumena,  29  instances,  all  with  hf'lp 
vowel.  [The  only  occurrence  of  the  slu>ri 
form     is    in    the    non-Phuitine    Arg.    I.    ct. 

Akumenas,  Kv^.  U-l  ^^'^"*.^^*^' S^^P^'  ^^J' 
roculitum  Cure.  393.  6Wmo,  Men.  854. 
wiZ'Ps.  86.  88,  91  93  («OSU)  Tn„^ 
425 ;  drachmdm,  Merc.  777.  mina  occuis 
very  fmiuently  and  is  the  only  Ut.n  form 
of  {he  Lv.\.  leehhu^,  B.  392,  Oapt  642 
Most.  550.  Poen.  817.  Of.  Ps.  1096. 
c6ntech7idtus. 

'larua!  etc.,   Am.    777,   Aul.    642     Capt. 

598,     civs.    592.     Merc.    981      ^^;^.  -  >     - 

Ic^rmus,  adj.,  Am.   Frag.  7,  Frag.  12.  Men. 

890,  Frag.  Inc.  Fab.  75.  loao     p 

.;i/r.o.:Aul.    310,    319,    Poen.   1292,   R 

1124;   and   adj.    mUuinuSy   Men.    Jl-,    rs. 

^""audyicmns.  Aul.  prol.  35  ;  duonctdus,  Aul. 
685,  778,  782   799. 

crn^ator.    True.     683  ;    caia/Z^^or,    Mi. 
642  ;  caulUdtiones,  S.  228  (226),  True.  68o 

clauator,  R.  805  (cf.  Poen.  530). 

nauis,  B.  797,  Men.  344. 

dhdtiad.  i.e.,  either  the  full  or  the  synco- 
pated form  possible,  13  instances  ;rt<iis,  at 
verse  end,  4  instances  (Capt.  170,  Poen. 
prol  60,  R.  542,  Trin.  682)  ;  dmitiae,  i.e. 
surely  unsyncopated,  23  instances. 

duelli,  etc..  As.  559,  Capt  prol.  68,  True 
483  ;  dv^Ualores,   Capt.    prol.   68  j  d^lica, 


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11 


E.  450;  perduelles,  Am.  250,  642?  Cist. 
201  (prol.),  Mil.  222,  Ps.  583,  589.  Against 
these  stand  duello,  Am.  189  ;  and  bella  (10 
instances),  hellator  (10),  Bellona  (2). 

Miscellaneous  Quantity. 

Acheruns  and  Achertcntictts  show  the  first 
syllable  loug  in  17  instances;  short  (but 
possibly  so  only  by  iambic  shortening)  in  2  : 
Poen.  prol.  71,  831  ;  indeterminate  in  True. 
7 4 J.  This  is  thought  to  be  a  result  of  some 
peculiar  pronunciation  of  the  Greek  chi  : 
some  editors  write  Accherxtns. 

On  Achilles,  see  page  303. 

bacchanal,  ace.  s.,  Aul.  413  (411)  ;  -al 
indeterminate  in  Aul.  408,  B.  53,  Mil.  858. 

Castor  is  Cure.  481. 

coepulutiics,  Pers.  100  :  cf.  coemptioiialein, 
BaQi.  976  (B,  com-  CD).  ^ 

car.,  voc.  s.,  Poen.  390  b  (cf.  Lindsay,  L.L. 
p.  215). 

Hanaibdleni,  llasdrubdlem,  Ilaimlcdremy 
Fiai;.  Inc.  Fab.  46  ;  cf.   Muthumbdlis,  Poen. 

hu/ntnis,  homonis,  etc.  : 
Total  iu.^tances  of  oblique  cases  of    homo, 
518— 

Must  have  homlu-                         ...  382 

^hiv  have  homm- ov  ho niOn-         ...  71 
homon-    with    transposition   or 
change    of     words     restores 

metre                                         ...  33 

hoinO)i-  alone  restores  metre        ...  32 


518 


The  32  instances  are  As.  473,  779  ;  Aul. 
111.  226;  B.  573,  633,  981;  Capt.  333; 
Men.  82,  89,  98,  223,  304,  489,  709,  713, 
958,  961  ;  Mil.  452  ;  Most.  781  ;  Poen.  89, 
671,730;  P.s.  153,873;  R.  11,829;  S.  171, 
576;  Trin.  1018;  True.  607  (?),  957. 


messisl  nom.  s.,  R.  763 

miles,  Aul.  528. 

We  find  the  words  Philippus  (rex)  3 
times,  Philippi,  coins,  15  times,  Philippi, 
adj.  15  times,  and  Philippei,  adj.  6  times, 
39  instances  in  all.  The  name  of  the  man 
occurs  twice  (Aul.  86,  704)  with  the  scansion 
Philipp-,  and  once  (Pers.  339)  with  the  scan- 
sion Philipp-.  Of  the  second,  third,  and  fourth 
words  all  36  instances  show  the  measure- 
ment Phtllpp',  which  evidently  reproduces 
the  accentuation  of  the  Greek  original. 

prdypum,  R.  1010;  indet.  in  Aul.  198. 

rillyrica,  True.  294. 

rildenteni,  R.  1015. 

[sinciput  /,  Men.  506]. 

status.,  Mil.  1389;  cf.  Mil.  206. 

strigibus,  Ps.  820. 
S^irdcusas,  Men.  prol.  37]. 
lYweiiti,  Men.  prol.  39]. 

tegilhuii.,  R.  ^u^. 

terrfnici,  Ca2)t.  477. 

tr((pezita,  and  its  cases,  occurs  14  times— 
in  1 1  places  with  the  accentuation  trapczita 
(As.  438,  Capt.  193,  449,  Cure.  345,  420, 
559,  618,  721,  E.  143,  Ps.  757,  Trin.  425), 
and  ill  3  with  the  accentuation  trd2)ezUa 
(Cure.  341,  406,  712).  To  account  for  the 
length  of  the  first  syllable  in  these  three 
places,  Ritschl  suggested  that  the  word 
should  there  be  written  tarpezita  In  the  same 
way  we  get  dd  phrygionem,  five  times  in  the 
Menaechmi,  but  phri/gio,  Aul.  508.  Cf.  pro- 
culenatn,  Mil.  1060,  and  ^^tsitnwwt,  3  in- 
stances (and  even  pristrinum,  6),  for  pis- 
trinniii,  2  ;  here  no  difference  in  quantity 
results  from  the  metathesis.  Praestigiae, 
etc.  (4)  is  still  different — merely  a  reduction 
from  pi'fiestrigiae,  etc.  (3). 

Arthur  W.  Hodgman. 

Ohk»  Statk  Univeksity,  Columbus. 
Janunry  11,  1902. 


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